Hi there
welcome aboard! i am 34 year old from jersey who lived the fts life for a year until i got pregnant with health complications and couldnt do it. I lost almost 50lbs last year and i just recently "restarted" living this amazing life last week. a couple things, first forgive me not capitalzing my letters LOL takes too much time for me. my first week which i weighed in on sunday i lost 3.5 lbs. my starting weight this time around was 248, having gained 48 lbs from "the baby". i just had a little girl in december and i am head over heals her name is juliana marie
back to the topic at hand , it took you a long time to put that weight on and we are all inpatient, trust me all of us here know. BUT what you need to keep in your mind is how great you feel. You said it yourself , you feel great. i never felt better in my life living this lifestyle. i did weight watchers for years, with success and without success . this lifestyle is so easy to live by it makes it so easy to be successful.
a few things i learned on my journey
1- patience is a virtue, keep with the program even when you are not losing trust me the benefits are tremendous. i was stuck on the scale for 2 months, guess what i was losing inches and my body was transforming
2-i learned to really decided when i was hungry. i dont do the traditional breakfast lunch dinner thing. i eat when i am hungry , and if i think i am hungry i drink a bottle of water wait a few mintutes and then decide if i really am. often times thirst is mistaken for hunger.
3- next we have abused food for so long and all have emotional issues with "food"and our eating habits so we need to relearn how to eat
4- post your meals all day under the tab on the home page and let us see if you are counting your carbs right. like a cup of coffee should be counted as 1 carb , and does your cream have carbs in it? my cream states <1 for 1 tablespoon so i count my morning coffee as 2 carbs , eggs are .6 carbs each so those two eggs you ate are 1.2 carbs , are you measuring your salad? your water intake is amazing!! keep that up , that is going to help you so much. alot of times what i found was that i was missing carbs , (we call them carb creeps) and you end of overeating the 20 carbs.
5- we will get you through this and in no time you will be helping other newbies like yourself
6- i still consider myself a newbie lol!!!!!
7- i ask ten thousand questions all the time so stick with me and you will know all you need to know haha
8- if you click on a persons name you can see their profile and see the post they have posted, alot of people post "questions" so scroll through them you will learn alot.
9- take a deep breath you got this, its all in your mind
10- come often and chat with us , for support, questions, to bitch, whatever you want
have a good week !
Steph
I have not started exercising yet but plan to do that next week. I do feel better. I have no aches and pains like before so I am very grateful for that. but please look at my food diary and give me some advice.
Breakfast:
1 cup coffee with 2 T cream
2 eggs/cheddar cheese w/green pepper and onion
35oz of water
lunch:
Salad with red vinegar and olive oil
cheese
snack mozzarella stick
Dinner
1 meat like chicken breast or small steak
salad with red vinegar/olive oil
snack SF jello
Thanks friends, Phatchick
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